June 3, 2025
I was born and raised in Billings, MT and graduated from Skyview High School. After high school I went to school at the University of Montana pursuing a music performance degree but left early to move to New York City to play bass trombone. I spent nearly 5 years there playing before moving back to […]
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June 2, 2025
This week, 42 teams (84 Tour Actor/Directors) have been training to hit the road (and the skies) for the Summer tour! Watch the Spotlight video to get to know some of our amazing “TADs”!
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April 28, 2025
Performing Arts Teacher (Pre K – Eighth Grade) at Missoula International School Spotlight Society Member at Missoula Children’s Theatre What inspired you to become a teacher, and what do you love most about working with students through the arts? As a child, the performing arts, dance and theater classes were my happy place. They offered a sanctuary […]
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April 28, 2025
Hannah Barudin: I grew up in New Jersey pursuing dual passions for theater and technology. After balancing both interests through high school and college (computer science major, theater minor), I faced a career decision: while my classmates headed to tech jobs in the Bay Area, I chose to follow my performing dreams to NYC. I’m […]
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April 2, 2025
Missoula Children’s Theatre Executive Director Mike Morelli recently traveled to Brunei, a small nation located on the northern coast of Borneo in Southeast Asia, to participate in the Brunei Creative Arts Network (BCAN) conference. This opportunity, made possible through a reciprocal exchange proposal by Step One Theatre, and supported by the US State Department, American […]
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April 1, 2025
Picture it: a classroom full of students, brand new to the United States, who may or may not yet be able to respond in English to the question, “What is your name?” I may or may not speak their native languages. We use gestures, pictures, some songs and dances, and a LOT of repetition with […]
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February 27, 2025
What inspired you to get involved with Missoula Children’s Theatre and serve on the board? I got involved with MCT when my children were young and the red truck tour came to their schools. I was fascinated by how MCT was able to cast and perform a musical play in just one week. I joined […]
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February 27, 2025
It has been my privilege to be involved with the Missoula Children’s Theatre for almost 35 years. I found them in 1990 when we moved to Missoula. Since then, my family and I have been involved with not only the children’s productions but also community productions, professional productions, and performing arts camps. I love the […]
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February 5, 2025
I grew up in Cut Bank, MT – a small town on the Hi-Line where once a year, a Little Red Truck rolled through town, giving us theatrical kids the best week of the year. My very first theatre experience was as a flower in the Missoula Children’s Theatre show Hans Christian Andersen at the […]
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February 5, 2025
Chantelle and I are about to celebrate our 21st wedding anniversary in New York City in February. We were married at the top of the Empire State Building in 2004. A year before that, however, we met in an MCT production of Children of Eden, when we were cast as two halves of a 16-foot-tall, […]
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December 30, 2024
I first moved to Missoula in 1999 to be Camp Director for Camp Mak-A-Dream. I returned twice and was Medical Director/CEO for Camp Mak-A-Dream and in total have lived in Missoula for about half of the past 25 years. As a single adult, it is particularly difficult to enter a new community. I always loved theater […]
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December 30, 2024
In honor of Mike Halligan’s retirement as Executive Director of the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, we surprised him with a personalized star, which is now hanging on our Galaxy of Stars wall. The Missoula Children’s Theatre is deeply grateful to Mike for his long-term advocacy for the arts and for the Missoula Children’s Theatre. The […]
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